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Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers.

And further down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers.

Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

Does todays Connections game require any special knowledge?

iPhone users may have an easier time with one category than folks who use Androids.

Green category - Check your phone.

Blue category - Pet the office dog.

Purple category - Give the new guy some, lets say, advice.

Does todays Connections game involve any wordplay?

Ready to hear the answers?

Keep scrolling if you want a little more help.

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Connections puzzle!

Were about to give away some of the answers.

Scroll slowly if you dont want the whole thing spoiled.

(The full solution is a bit further down.)

What are the ambiguous words in todays Connections?

Its also the name of Apples default email app.

A BOW can be a thing you shoot ARROWs with, but thats not its meaning here.

Its not even a ribbon tied in your hair, or the front of a ship.

Instead, think of its meaning as a verb.

(Hence the old joke: How do you get down off an elephant?

You dont, you get down off a goose.)

A DOG is exactly what youre thinking.

If you want a hint about whatkindof dog, maybe check outthese good boys.

What are the categories in todays Connections?

I give them all away below.

What are the yellow words in todays Connections?

The yellow grouping is considered to be the most straightforward.

What are the green words in todays Connections?

The green grouping is supposed to be the second-easiest.

What are the blue words in todays Connections?

The blue grouping is the second-hardest.

What are the purple words in todays Connections?

The purple grouping is considered to be the hardest.

How I solved todays Connections

I saw the apps first: NOTES and MAIL.

This group has a lot of distracting pairings, like DOWN ARROW, or BOW and ARROW.

When I got down to the last eight, the integuments stood out: FUR, SCALES, SHELL.

They must go with DOWN, in the sense of feathers.

This time I got the purple category just before submitting.

DOG, FINGER, HINT, and ARROW are allpointers.

Youll see a game board with 16 tiles, each with one word or phrase.

Your job is to select a group of four tiles that have something in common.

Select four items and hit the Submit button.

If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be revealed.

(Yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.)

If your guess was incorrect, youll get a chance to have another go.

You win when youve correctly identified all four groups.

But if you make four mistakes before you finish, the game ends and the answers are revealed.

Expect to see overlapping groups.

So dont hit submit until youve confirmed that your group of four containsonlythose four things.

If youre stuck, another strategy is to look at the words that seem to havenoconnection to the others.

Check back tomorrow for the next puzzle!